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Welcome to VelaBoard — the Spigot scoreboard library for managing player sidebars, shared sidebars, and teams in your Minecraft plugin.

VelaBoard gives Spigot plugin developers a clean, flexible API for managing Minecraft scoreboards. Whether you need a per-player HUD sidebar, a shared scoreboard displayed to an entire server, or full team management with colors and collision rules — VelaBoard handles it with minimal boilerplate.

Quick Start

Get VelaBoard running in your plugin in minutes.

Installation

Add VelaBoard to your Maven or Gradle project.

Sidebars

Learn how player and shared sidebars work.

Teams

Manage teams with colors, prefixes, and collision rules.

API Reference

Full reference for every class and method.

Events

Listen for and cancel scoreboard events.

Get started in 4 steps

1. Add the dependency

   Add VelaBoard to your pom.xml or build.gradle.

2. Get the handler

   Call ScoreboardAPI.getHandler() to obtain a ScoreboardHandler.

3. Create a scoreboard

   Use handler.createScoreboard() to create a Scoreboard instance.

4. Show a sidebar

   Create a PlayerSidebar or SharedSidebar and call .show().